VOL. XXXVII

NO. 9

29 NOVEMBER 1993

The Political Scene

Israel and the PLO have continued to make progress in the negotiations onIsrael's withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho, but it is still not certain that anagreement will be completed by the 13 December deadline. King Husain of Jordanhas reassured the Syrians that he will not sign a separate peace agreement. InAlgeria there has been an almost imperceptible softening of theanti-fundamentalist position of the ruling High Council of State. PLO...